Atticus Finch provides a vital role in the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Harper Lee uses Atticus as a role model, a parent and a counter balance for all that's wrong in Maycomb County. In this essay I will show how Atticus fulfills his role as a parent, his views on racism and his character during the Tom Robinson trial. Atticus is a lawyer and has very high moral standards. Atticus raises Jem and Scout …showed first 75 words of 928 total…

…showed last 75 words of 928 total…noises outside and begins firing his gun. The children escape but Jem catches his trousers on a metal fence and has to leave them behind. When he later goes back to get them he finds them folded in a pile and stitched up. Atticus' best qualities are that he is very honest and believes everybody deserves a fair chance. Also Atticus feels that respecting your elders is very important and teaches this to his children.